CRAZY FOR CRAFTS

Teacher Appreciation Week

2010-05-04T15:44:00.000-07:00

Jaime M. and I are room moms this year. We came in this morning to work on the final gift for teacher appreciation week. The kids stamped the apron with the different colors and I outlined the circles to make different bugs. The kids did a great job at following directions. I love working with the kids. They are so much fun. I love it when they see me and yell HI MRS. NICOLAS!!!!

Hooded Towels

2009-12-06T16:05:00.000-08:00

Ashten modelling the Blue butterfly Pink Ladybug
I made these hooded towels for Tana and Taylor for Christmas. I love the pink ladybug!

Fall SU Extravaganza 2009

2009-11-23T10:40:00.000-08:00

This is a super cute card, but not something that you could mail without costing you an arm and a leg.

This stamp is so cute. Mom had to buy it!
This little notbook holder is made out of a cute file folder!It holds a notepad and a pen goes in the ribbon knot

Behind this pumpkin was a tiny envelope that has pumpkin spice potpourri --smells delicious.

The paper with the diamonds is embossed and then sanded very cute idea. This is so cute for a gift.

This part that comes out has cut outs to hold a gift card to the movies or Blockbuster This card made me want the turtle stamp
I love how nice it looks to color on watercolor paper. Everything blends so nice.

Mom, Kristin, and I went to the Fall Stampin Up Extravaganza. We had a great time and loved the stuff we made. I even won a prize this year... the set that had the turtle stamp I wanted. YAY!

Mini Album

2009-11-23T09:56:00.000-08:00

I had the idea to have Valerie make her hubby a mini album to go with her surprise birthday present (a trip to San Fransisco). I always know that when I have a paper crafting idea for her, it means I will make it. I had fun making this cause it's always quick and easy to do when you have no pics, and she had bought a paper pack with coordinating stickers.

Ryker

2009-11-23T09:52:00.000-08:00

I made this for my friend, Richelle's baby. I love the saying it's sooo cute. Brown and Blue theme is popular right now!

Diaper Cake

2009-11-23T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is the diaper cake that Kristin and I put together for Kristy's baby boy, Nathan. She had a blue and brown theme, so we picked out all blue and brown stuff. Very CUTE!

Purse and Card

2009-05-19T17:02:00.000-07:00

The purseMatching card The other day Valerie and I went to ArtCo in Tacoma, to search for some random things. She found this cardboard purse that she thought would be cute to hold a wedding gift for her sister's friend. Somehow ;) it and the paper, magically made it home to my house, so I decoupaged it. Of course when I was done I had to make a matching card. It was super fun to do. I wish I would have put a button or a flower on the purse flap, it would have made it that much cuter!

Scrapbook Night

2009-04-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

We had a good time at scrapbooking night. Thanks to those of you who came. It motivates me to get moving. I was able to get one layout done. I wish I was faster!! The background paper (navy) is a leathery texture it's pretty cool!!

Quilt Class

2009-04-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

All of the blocks I finished in class

Sister Scouten had a quilting class this morning at the church. We learned how to make the blocks for our quilts. I was a little nervous with my fabric choices, but I really liked how it's turning out. I'll post more later.

Weekly Challenge #13

2009-04-03T18:14:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme was Birthdays. This is AJ's first birthday. I actually really love the layout and everything, it's nice to be satisfied with something. The only thing I was bummed about was that I found the matching paper to the invite so that could have been cute. but I like this paper better so oh well:)

Young Womens

2009-04-01T12:43:00.000-07:00

Sis Salicco, asked me to teach the Beehives how to make a Mother's Day card. This is what I came up with. I hope it fills the whole hour...we'll see:)

Weekly Challenge #12

2009-03-27T16:47:00.000-07:00

Ayden's layoutAshten's layout.

A little late but, it was mostly done on time, then we went out of town. So here it is. It's kind of plain, but I actually kind of like it that way. Maybe next week I will go over the top!! hahah I haven't heard what the next theme is ladies.
(I ran out of matching paper for AJ's :( darn)

Weekly Challenge #8

2009-03-18T16:56:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I skipped a few challenges, but today I had Kristy over to work on some scrapbooking. So I did this First Haircut challenge, since I already had the pictures printed (and since I chose it). I had lots of fun so maybe I'll get my butt back in gear. I am a week away from finals though, so not making any promises:)

Firemen Quilts

2009-03-17T17:09:00.000-07:00

I finally finished these two quilts for two of the firefighters who were the most helpful on our tour for playgroup a few weeks ago. Our whole family loved them and wanted to keep them, but today we went over to the fire station and dropped them off for Fireman Peter and Fireman Kris along with all the pictures the kids had drawn for them and a picture of the whole group.

On a side note: after my good deed of the day., I totally got a ticket for speeding like 2 streets over from my house (in my Grandma's driveway) ....ARGGHH!

Pirate Party

2009-02-07T23:55:00.000-08:00

Mom and Kristin really helped me out tonight. After spending a couple of hours finding an idea I liked, I ran home and picked up the stuff I needed. We whipped these things out pretty quickly considering all the steps. Mom did all the embossing. Kristin and I worked on cutting and coloring. Then Mom got the inside writing done too! I couldn't have done it with out them. I don't know why Ashten's birthday just sneaks up on me every year and I feel so rushed to get it done. Thanks girls for your help:)

Weekly Challenge #3

2009-02-06T11:27:00.000-08:00

Last week's challenge was The 4th of July. I like the stars. If I was going to do it over I would A) print the large picture of Ayden in black and white, b)Definitely not put that 4th of July title like that. I think I am fairly happy with everything else. oh and C) I would have finished on time. I am late because I've had an overwhelming week. I started school, started painting Ashten's room, and just the overall daily things like house, laundry, kids, meals, etc. Hopefully everything will begin to balance and I will be able to continue doing all the things I love!

In Honor of the VanderHoeven's

2009-01-27T21:33:00.000-08:00

This does not show that most of the bench to the left is covered in junk, under the bench is 100% full, the shelves above it are 100% full. Also what you can't see garage floor. We're lucky that our garage is twice as tall as the avg garage that gives us more room to fill. SAD huh!

Weekly Challenge #2

2009-01-18T23:29:00.000-08:00

This is the second week of the Weekly challenges!! I'm so excited about them this is more scarpping than Ive done all last year...slight exaggeration. I was so excited that I finished it up by Sunday. I love my new Sure Cuts A Lot program for Cricut. It cut out this adorable little Frankenstein for Ashten's page. Hope you like it!!

These are the other two kids pages. I don't see any reason to design three different pages for the same holiday so I just change the pics. On Ayden's the Give totalyl bugs me but I couldn't dig it off an move it. Darn. AJ's turned out so cute with the 2 cute 2 spook. Thanks to Mom for helkping me work through that issue:)

Needle Felted Snowman

2009-01-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

I get a magazine called Home Arts and on the cover they had a bunch of these ornaments made in all different color combinations. i thought that they were so cute and maybe easy. And you all know my only goal in life is to try every craft known to man! HAHA So I went to Joann's with a gift card and picked up some of the needed items. It is an expensive craft but I did some substitutions and made it work for fairly cheap. Instead of using wool roving Which I did use for the snowman's face, I used sheets of felt that was only 8 for 96 cents instead of 3.99 per color of roving. It was kind of fun and I like how it turned out...although I don't really like this color combo, but I think once I get all of them done it will be very cute to have all diff color combos.

Weekly Challenge #1

2009-01-14T14:56:00.000-08:00

Megan had an idea of doing a weekly scrapbook challenge. This weeks challenge was a two page layout dedicated to our High School Reunion. It didn't end up how I planned in my head but it felt good to do some scrapping and to complete it. Can't wait for our next challenge.
If you want to join in the fun, our next challenge's topic will be Halloween. Create a two page spread the due date to post is Friday the 23, 2008. If you are joining in, post a comment to this blog or Megan's craft blog at http://4evercre8ing.blogspot.com/ saying that you want to accept the challenge:)
Megs did I miss anything?

Mittens and Scarves

2008-12-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

I was talking to my Mom about some gifts I could make as Christmas gifts and she said I know something you could make me...hahaha! She wanted a board that had clips and pegs to hang her gloves and scarves on. I'm not sure if this is what she had in mind, but it sure was fun and empowering (using a saw all by myself to cut the board) making it. I got the vinyl cut from Valerie and Dad drilled the peg holes...what did I do? haha

Christmas Card Clips

2008-12-17T14:34:00.000-08:00

I saw this in one of my magazines and since I had no way to display the cards I received I figured this would be cheap and easy! It took less than 10 minutes to complete the whole thing and cost less than $4.00. That's my kind of craft! These are just clothes pins covered with Christmas ribbon.

Tic Tac Holders

2008-12-05T23:17:00.000-08:00

CD Case Calendar

2008-12-01T21:14:00.000-08:00

A LONG time ago one of my good customers from The UPS Store brought in this little desk calendar that she made using a CD Jewel Case (this was years ago) but I had always wanted to make one so I got to work making this up. I started with December and yes I know it's hideous but I mostly like how the rest of it turned out!

2008 CKU Convention

2008-11-20T15:36:00.000-08:00

Me and mom shopping hard Count down calendar $3.00Disney Autographs Books: Free

Kristin and Mom gave me theirs so each of my boys could have one
Left: I think it's a bookmark? Free Right: Gift Card Holder: Free

Chipboard book: $2.00 This book has velvet papers with velvet iron-ons they are very cute. I actually bought this kit and did it at home today...it's so easy to do.

Chipboard Halloween Book: $2.00 This one has regular papers but with the velvet iron-ons

On Saturday, all day before Ayden's birthday party Kristin, Mom, and I went to the CKU Convention in Bellevue. We had an awesome time. We got to make some make and takes and do some shopping. It's always fun to go out and get some new ideas.

Wood Boat

2008-11-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

While visiting Megan, I had to hit the local DI. I found this boat there which was cute enough just plain blue, but it was kind of dirty. I decided to buy it. For only $1.50 could I really go wrong? Today, I felt the need to craft. I actually didn't plan on doing anything to it when I bought it. I just planned on hanging it in the bathroom. I decoupaged paper onto the back and then decided that I needed to put something on the shelves. So, I grabbed a little frame I had from a broken frame display we used to have and decoupaged it, added some ribbon and words. I like how it turned out, although I still need some things for the other shelves. But, I was bummed to get it hung up only to find that the paper is way more blue than I thought so it doesn't match. SAD DAY!

Stationary Kit

2008-10-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Outside of closed kit Inside
Everything that comes in the kit
I found this kit on several other blogs..If you want the link, let me know and I will get it for you. I wanted to make one for Cassi, who is moving to Idaho and once I made one and was successful, I decided that I should try to make one for Grandma B for her Birthday. The above kit is the one I made for Grandma B. It turned out really cute and I love my new Bird Stamps that I picked up from Joann's with some birthday gift cards!

Thanks SO Much

2008-10-01T22:28:00.000-07:00

This is the Thank You I designed to go with Valerie's Birth Announcements!!

Baby Announcement

2008-10-01T08:43:00.000-07:00

This is my little bald Ashten, I forgot how little hair he had (he still had more hair than most babies just not as much as his brothers)

Valerie asked for help making up baby announcements, so of course we went to my favorite website: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ to steal something and make it our own. Which design do you like best?

Kain Na!

2008-08-27T21:09:00.000-07:00

Not much of a craft but I had to bust out the Cricut so I am totally counting it. (I did make some thank you cards today but I'm not sure that I have an extra one to take a picture of...and they are pretty basic cards anyways.) Kain Na! (pronounced kah-in nah) means "Let's Eat!" in Tagalog (The Filipino language). I cut them out of vinyl that I picked up at JoAnn's today.

Tana Clipboard

2008-08-16T00:03:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to buy this clipboard for .97 at Walmart. I wasn't really sure what to do with it but thought it would be cute if it could just hold a picture. So I did some decoupage and cut "Tana" out with the Cricut. I like how it turned out but I am really unsure what people who decorate clipboards usually do with them?

Seasons of Joy

2008-08-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

The Enrichment board is getting ready for Super Saturday! YAY I can't wait. Here is a frame I've done before in a baby theme and converted it to a winter/christmas theme so that we have a display to show the sisters in the ward. Hope they like it.

PMS

2008-07-31T23:59:00.000-07:00

Mariah, Toni, and Jeanie Britany made some awesome cards and even helped out with some scrapbooking!
Kathy and Kristin chattin' it up
Tonight, I had my second PMS Party. What's PMS? Pizza Movies and Stamping. I had a good turnout and lots of fun. We watched a couple of movies, I don't even remember what we watched, I was busy working on a scrapbook and helping others with their crafts. I am sad to say that I am no longer a Stampin' Up! demonstrator but maybe someday I will be able to try it again. I had a lot of fun having an excuse to get just the girls together!!

The boys were looking forward to the party all day because they know when Mommy has her parties they get to have Transformer Movie Night with Daddy. Which means they get to watch a movie that I usually wouldn't allow them to watch and eat lots of junk that I wouldn't let them eat until they pass out on Mommy and Daddy's bed, in their clothes and dirty teeth. It's one of their favorite things to do with Daddy!

The Royal Birds

2008-06-11T22:35:00.000-07:00

Our second cake decorating class is SO hard. I'm not sure if I'll pass. There is so much homework that I just don't have time for. You'd think I was in college or something. This week I spent equally time prepping for class as the class length itself only to find out that I was NOT prepared. My favorite part about this week was learning how to make these birds out of Royal Icing. I think I could make some pretty cool things by playing around with the Icing a little bit. The flowers that we learned did not look cute and the reason I am sure to fail is that throughout the first 3 weeks we are supposed to be making flowers, tons of them. Which none turned out this week and we missed the first week because Armand didn't get home in time for me to take the car. Then, on our last week we are supposed to bring in all the flowers we have made plus a frosted cake and decorate the cake with the birds and flowers. It's not looking good. I hope they don't mind if I just have 3 blue birds on my cake.

RX

2008-06-09T13:18:00.000-07:00

BeforeAfter
I love to recycle by reusing and turning into a craft, so I have been saving this vitamin bottle for months. I can't wait to fill it with some sort of yummy candies and give it to someone who is not feeling well (hopefully nothing serious though). Maybe I'll make a matching card later if I get the kids down for naps and they stay there...yeah right.

Out of This World!

2008-06-08T23:28:00.000-07:00

So more than likely after the last 3 or so posts no one will take this site seriously, I made colored this on our road trip to Tillamook today. But, I am going to create something tomorrow! I mean it, I cleaned my scrapbook room on Friday and I want to put it to use and dirty it up. Cross your fingers for me that I will get a few minutes of free time.

HAHA

2008-06-07T13:45:00.001-07:00

I don't usually draw and I don't usually make weird art. Today, I was talking to Wes and wishing him a Happy Birthday. When I got off the phone I looked down and saw this body drawn on my Stampin' Up grid paper. It had an old man's head that just didn't look right (as if this DOES look right) and it had a tongue sticking out. Next thing ya know, I was cutting off the head and taping Baby J's head to it. HAHA I'm a dork nothing more to say!

Baby Quilts

2008-05-31T23:24:00.000-07:00

My craft for the day: I wasn't going to post anything today but then I thought, "I DID make something today so why not post it". The Stake is having a Women's conference and they will be tying baby quilts I believe for the DI. They needed volunteers to sew them together. So I didn't chose the fabric or even cut them out all I did was pin them together, sew them, flip them inside out then sew around the edge. Now, I am in the mood to make a baby quilt for someone...I wish it was me that needed one;)

I graduated!

2008-05-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

Here is my final cake.

My "diploma" AKA Certificate of Merit
I went to our last class today or course 1 that is. I had the worst time with my roses because my frosting was overly stiff. But over half way through I got the frosting to the right (well good enough to get something done) consistency. I think it's pretty good it would have been way cute if I would have had more time. My favorite part was the leaves the frosting was awesome and they just turned out great. (Thanks Kristin for bringing that kind of frosting. I will have to buy next time!) Anyways, the best part of the class is that Ayden who had separation anxiety and major meltdowns when I started the classes has grown from this probably more than my cake decorating skills. He finally realizes that it's OK for Mommy to leave and I will come back. When I left today he said "Mommy, How long till you get back?, 15 minutes?" I said no 2 hours...as I cringed waiting for the meltdown...But he said, "OK, I love you!" He's growing up... :)... tear.

Martha, are you kidding me?

2008-05-27T21:26:00.000-07:00

Nope, Kristin didn't shrink, it's just a huge scrapbook... And HUGE paper!
Tonight, Kristin and I went over to Michael's to use our 50% off coupons. I got a teddy bear cake pan for AJ's birthday and a bunch of stuff from the $ bins...MY FAVE!! Oh AND the best deal that I found was a set of punctuation for the sizzix regular price $79.99 sale price $7.00. SEVEN DOLLARS!?! Can you believe it! Anyways, after hitting up the cake and $ sections we went over to the scrapbook section...Now seriously everyone either LOVES or HATES Martha. I LOVE her! But, I lost some of that love today in the Michael's scrapbooking aisle. These scrapbooks she sells are 18"X18" seriously, who has a shelf that big to store this on? I have a hard enough time storing the 12"X12" books. And the paper is ridiculous! How do you cut it? How do you store the paper? Do they make 18" filing cabinets? How do you fill a paper that size? Do you print all 8"X10" photos to take up tons of space? The whole thing is just crazy! I have to know....Martha, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???

Anderson is turning one

2008-05-23T23:44:00.000-07:00

Anderson's birthday is just sneaking right up on me, YIKES!! I made the invitations to his party at ward scrapbooking night. As usual we had a fabulous turn out, me and mom...it's fun that way we don't have to act all Molly. HAHA Yah right, like I ever act like that. Anyways, I totally stole the idea from SCS (my fave website) and made it my own with a few personal touches.

My First Project

2008-05-22T23:13:00.000-07:00

Kristin and I had class tonight 3rd class but only 2nd that we've attended. I was dreading it because I didn't want to have to make the cake and the frosting! This is why I don't go to school anymore because I can;t do the homework! Anyways, we learned how to make flowers, freakish clowns (you know you've had one on one of your birthday cakes in the 80's) faces, a bear face, hearts and some different flowers. I don't know what I was thinking, but I started making the cake at 430 by the time it came out of the oven it was after 530 and I had to let it cool and frost it before 610 so we could get to class by 630pm. So it's not the best smooth frosting ever but I like my flowers. Even the teacher said they were good and I was quick. A little redemption from the last comment she made to me. PS:This cake is SO yummy...French Vanilla Cake with "Banana Cream Pie" Pudding for the filling...Grub!!

My Boys

2008-05-13T23:18:00.000-07:00

So, I have been feeling really uncreative lately:( But I was looking on another lady's blog and found a little book like this so I thought I would make one and put the boys' Easter pictures in it. Hopefully, something will inspire me soon and get me back on creative track.

Update on the Pepto Candy

2008-05-13T08:41:00.000-07:00

My Mom's made these. What a difference some good paper makes. Mom came over last week to hang out and she wanted to get these candy bars "wrapped" for her co workers. They turned out great!!!

Happy Housewarming!

2008-05-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

This weekend has been called the "party weekend." I threw a housewarming/ birthday party for Wes and Kristin. (Kristin's Bday) This was the hardest cake that I have ever made (or atleast it gave me the most problems.) It started out as a 3 layer Strawberrry Shortcake's House cake with a roof. and 1 by 1 I kept ripping things off. I think it turned out pretty cute especially considering that it almost ended up in the trash about 10 times! I hope they enjoyed the party.

I DO CAKES...

2008-05-08T21:47:00.000-07:00

Our manual: WOOHOO

Ayden's first cake a 3D train...

We had some issues trying to make RED frosting so baby blue it became

Ayden's 2nd Birthday Cakes Ashten's 1st Bday Pig Cake. So funny!

Ayden's 3rd cake
Ayden's 4th cake...

Yes it was huge! and we had SOOO much leftovers but it was cool.

Ashten's 3rd cake.

This is my favorite so far...

It's official I'm on my way to being a "professional" cake decorator or so says the pimply boy cashier at Michaels. Kristin and I have had our first cake decorating class tonight. I got a little irritated when the instructor asked us, "Does anyone have any cake experience?" I said, "I do my kids' birthday cakes." I know just what she was thinking when she said " Ohhh, you will do SO much more than THAT." Kristin and I got the same picture in our minds: a 9X12 homemade cake with frosting slopped on and some candles stuck in it. SO here are ALL the cakes that I have made for my boys so far, and not one of them is even close to the "picture" she must have had in her mind. But, I can't wait to learn some new tricks for sure! I already learned how to smooth frosting properly, which I have had some problems with before for sure!!

SO I am SUPER excited to "do so much more than that!"

Sorry...I spilled some Pepto Bismol !

2008-05-08T08:48:00.000-07:00

I was talking to my mom and she told me about how she wanted to make a paper wrapper for some candy bars to give out at work...she also mentioned a card that I had made in the past (probably posted on here somewhere.) Well I just had to go try it out..this is what happened. Please keep in mind I didn't even start till 11pm and really no one should START crafting at that hour. So I wasn't going to post it out of embarrasment but then I thought Everything I make is not going to be perfect or cute so here it is...It has potential to be something better. I Hope!

Baby's Room

2008-05-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

Just a little wall hanging I made for my friend who just had a baby.

I love decoupaging... Thanks Megs for your inspiration!!

(If Armand asks, It's all your fault. HAHAHA)

5 Everyday things I <3

2008-05-05T16:49:00.000-07:00

This is another page for my album. I actually made this awhile back BUT Armand came home so early and we went running around so I doubt that I'll create anything today...Although while I was out I picked up some things to make...I can't wait to play!

O card

2008-05-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

I wanted to try out a O die cutter before I sent it off to Megan. (Darn now she'll know I have it so I can't keep playing with it.) HAHA Anyways I didn't have any real brilliant idea of what to do so I just started playing around and this is what came out. I was thinking it would be fun to do a whole ABC flip book (not a scrapbook) with the circle cutter and chipboard and using stamps and/or cricut to do all the animals for each letter...but I was too lazy to cut all the animals. Plus Anderson would just eat it anyways. (You should have cut out extra of all the animals when you did your ABC album, so I could have bought them from you, Megs!!)

Giant Leap

2008-04-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

This is another page that goes in my little album "all about moi" haha

I Look Forward To...

2008-04-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

Every month my scrapbook magazine comes and in the front there is a calendar with a few days that have ideas of what to scrapbook. I have decided that I would scrap all of their suggestions. It is a struggle for me. Some of the suggestions are more thought provoking than I usually like. Some like this page, do not require a photo. And ALL of them are about me, I am used to scrapbooking only the kid's activities and events. I have enjoyed getting to use girly embellishments and girly colors. But it was sort of funny that when it came to this page about our future child (NO I"M NOT PREGNANT SO DON'T ASK) Blue Yellow and Green were the colors that I chose (total BOY colors). I'll have to post the other pages on days when I don't get a chance to craft!

Happy Stinkin' Birthday

2008-04-28T17:18:00.000-07:00

Armand's mom got this stamp hand carved for me in the Philippines. It's so cute.

SU! part 2

2008-04-27T16:48:00.000-07:00

We were trying to think of other things you can do with this since Mom and I don't drink tea and wouldn't give tea to anyone. Some ideas we thought of were to add more pages and make it a mini brag book, or use one side for a tag and one for a gift card.

Cute little favor at our table

SU Extravaganza

2008-04-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

This weekend I went to a Stampin' Up! Extravaganza with my Mom and sister-in-law, Kristin. We had a great time!!!

This is so cute. I love the strawberry and the 3 circle punches down the side.
Chipboard star with a rub-on.
This is so cute! The front section opens up to the side. The flower section with the brad flips up.
This little card is a sead holder the pink ribbon comes up and ties in a knot on the top
I love this gift bag. It was super easy. The brown flowers are embossed.

All Aboard the Birthday Train

2008-04-23T22:41:00.000-07:00

I got the idea for this one from the SCS website. It was good to use some paper that I normally wouldn't use. I bought a huge pack of paper from Costco that I swear I'll never run out of and I don't use alot of bright colors usually in scrapbooking but I have been trying to use some up in my cardmaking as I have 2 huge 12X12 filing cabinets full of paper plus a whole rolling bag full also. Need I say that I AM a paper addict!?!

Bundle of Joy

2008-04-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

I picked up this frame from Michael's for a dollar and I've always wanted to try and use Mod Podge so I finally sat down and did it. It's okay for my first time but I will definitly have to play around.

B is for Britany and Birthday

2008-04-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my sister-in-law, Britany. I feel bad that I have been slacking on my posts, first I was out of town, then I spent several days on one project (the housewarming cards) and now I have a sick baby and lots of laundry. So I dug through my card box to find SOMETHING to post. This is one of my favorite cards. The main stamp set is Baroque Motifs which I love! The "day" is a CTMH set and the "b" is cut using the Cricut. I embossed the scrolling and layered vellum over top. Hope you like!

I have a project planned for tomorrow but I'm not sure I'll get to it. Darn:( Maybe on Wednesday.

Wes and Kristin's Housewarming

2008-04-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

I made these invites for my brother and sister in law's housewarming party. Hopefully she likes them . The pictures aren't very good quality:( The invite info will be printed on vellum and attached over the black and white houses.

Love Birds

2008-04-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

This is the second thing I made while in AZ. I loved this set with the birds and the scroll (used as a branch.) I was feeling one step more creative than I did the first day. I started out trying to make a Mother's Day card. Then it ended up more as a V-Day card or a wedding card. So I will have to try again for Mother's Day I suppose.

Giraffy Birthday

2008-04-14T20:33:00.000-07:00

I went down to Arizona to visit some of my famliy. I stayed with my Brother, Sister-In-Law, and Neice. Britany my SIL is a Close To My Heart Demonstrator so I got to play around with some of her stamps. We had a great time! I wasn't feeling very creative but here is what I came up with.

Girlysaurus

2008-04-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

This card was one of my first attempts at stamping on acetate (transperancies) . It's kind of cute and funky. The 2 large flowers are actually part of the background paper and I just used a craft knife to cut around them so that I could slip the white rectangle under them.

Notes Tile

2008-04-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

This marble tile was left over from our kitchen counter tops. I stamped it with brown Staz-on ink using Baroque Motifs stamp set.

Boys Boys Boys

2008-04-08T19:11:00.001-07:00

I've had these nursery rhyme board books that the kids have ripped for years. I kept meaning to do something with them cause they are so cute. Today, I finally sat down and did it. It felt so good to complete something other than the last picture of AJ that I need to send over to Costco to be printed. (In a digital world there aren't just pictures hanging around, I just print what I need.) Usually, when I scrapbook the boys big albums it's a never ending project but these 2.5" mini brag books are perfect for completing in a day! Hope you enjoy:)

Wee One

2008-04-07T19:22:00.000-07:00

I saw this idea on BYU channel "Scrapbook Memories" The white frame is just a light switch cover.

Pink Pirate

2008-04-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

I want to create something everyday!